Standard Issue Podcast

In this week's episode, Hannah's chatting statues being left where they belong, as she catches up with brilliant feminist activist and campaigner Caroline Criado Perez who's fighting for Emmeline Pankhurst to stay put, and she also finds out more about Annie Saunders' play Our Country, which takes in siblings, marijuana and the Wild West. Mick talks to Scottish musician and all-round top bird Carla J Easton, who's bigging up some women pop pioneers for the Edinburgh International Festival's Since Yesterday event on Friday 24 August, and Jen natters with Lauren Hendry, who took on an incredible sporting challenge then wrote a bloody lovely (and funny) story about it.

There's Boris, Botox and adult babies in the Bush Telegraph, and astonishment that Piers Morgan isn't the biggest spaffbangle in a Good Morning Britain-based Sexism of the Week. And Dunleavy Does Disney's Oliver & Company and really needs a lie down now please and thanks.

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It's a Chops with a difference as we chat to four excellent women currently doing their thing up at the Edinburgh Festival.

Natalie Palamides, winner of last year’s newcomer award, talks to Mick about Nate, her hilarious, physical comedy show involving a moustachioed young bloke basted in toxic masculinity but trying to do the right thing. Hannah catches up with Ingrid Garner about her play Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl In Hitler’s Germany, based on Ingrid's grandmother’s experiences as a child forced to move to Nazi Germany and try to fit in as war breaks out around her. Jen talks swimming, being a teenage girl at school and how sport can ease the angst a little with Katrina Quinn, whose show Individual Medley covers all those bases. And finally, Hannah also talks to Alissa Anne Jeun Yi about her show Love Songs, the stereotyping of Asian women – from the lotus flower to the super-sexualised to the Dragon Lady – dealing with her sexual assault and, amid all that, looking for love.

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In this episode, Mickey and Hannah had a bloody lovely time with Vicky McClure, KT Tunstall and Marian Keyes, chatting about So. Much. Stuff, including Repealed The 8th, axe injuries, de-pinking, This Is England, free crisps, bags of hair and wishing for Lynx Africa. It also contains tap dancing. Yeah, we know that’s not great for audio, but, y’know, buy a ticket; see it happen.

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It's Outside The Box o'clock and our Hannah's back with TV news, reviews and opinion. This month, she's chatting Orange Is The New Black, Unforgotten, Sharp Objects, Atlanta and why she's not watching Picnic At Hanging Rock. There's also Emmy chat, Matt Groening, Catastrophe, Dark and Stranger Things news, and your views on which series have used music like a boss.

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On this week's podzine Team Noonan, Dunleavy & Offord are back to business. Mick preps for Standard Issue's forthcoming Edinburgh journey by having a natter with journalist Shona Craven about where to find feminism at the Fringe. Jen is chatting to a prime example of the above, by way of physiotherapist Elaine Miller who talks about her Edinburgh show Gusset Grippers, and why we need to talk about female incontinence. And Hannah catches up with comedian Tanyalee Davis to hear about her #ScooterGirlCampaign to get train companies to make better provision for disabled people. Jen also catches up with darts player Fallon Sherrock in JOTB, while Dunleavy does Disney's Wall-E - Eeeeeeva!

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It's Sunday Chops time again and this week we're offering up double portions. In this episode, Hannah and Mickey met author Jo Wheeler to talk about her new book The Hurricane Girls, which tells the tales of many of the women who flew planes for the ATA during the Second World War. Plus, Candy Adkins, the daughter of one of those pilots, joined in the chat too. Herewith, the dope about them...

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It's Sunday Chops time again and this week we have double portions. In this episode, Ruth Bratt, one of the super talented people behind Olivier Award-winning improvised musical Showstopper! drops by to tells us how on earth they do that. And to give us some top tips about musicals we should probably go see (and a few we shouldn't).Tuck in.

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As the Edinburgh Fringe festival kicks off, we talk to five women about their shows.The super funny Jen Brister talks about Meaningless and raising sons (while living with her mother); rising star Sindhu Vee chats about her debut solo show Sandhog; Jane Hill tells us why she gave up alcohol and her show Addicted To Fun; and Kiri Pritchard-McLean looks at gaslighting in Victim, Complex. Plus, if you've ever wondered exactly how the improvised musical Showstopper! works, Ruth Bratt stops by with an explanation. Yes, we are spoiling you with brilliant women. You're welcome.

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The murder of Anne Searle at the hands of her husband Stephen has been all over the news, and some of the reporting has been appalling – minimising violence against women. Our Mickey chats to Katie Ghose, Chief Executive of Women’s Aid, about what needs to be change in the media, the Femicide Census, the severe threat to women’s refuges, the forthcoming Domestic Violence Bill and what we can all do to help.

Photo of Katie Ghose courtesy of Gus Palmer.

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It's gigcast time and for this recording back in May, Mick and Hannah travelled to Salford's The Lowry to chat to comedian Lou Conran and actor Julie Hesmondhalgh – diamonds, the pair of 'em. Topics covered include fake legs, bad badges for kids, platinum wallpaper and apologies to Jesus.

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